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Patent GB-2497697-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic nanoparticle detection across a membrane
Inventor: BERMAN DAVID
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2011-10-06
Abstract: Magnetic nanoparticles are detected across a thin membrane that separates the nanoparticles from a magnetic sensor.Â  The technique can be used in a medical context, in which an analyte of interest (present in a test filud, such as blood) is attached to the membrane.Â  Other compounds are in turn bound to the analyte, with one of these compounds including a magnetic nanoparticle that is then detected by the sensor.Â  In this way, the analyte is detected by detecting the magnetic nanoparticle.Â  By counting the number of magnetic nanoparticles, the concentration of the analyte in the test fluid can be determined.
Patent GB-2513914-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method
Inventor: KIRK ED
IPC: E06C9/00
Filed: 2013-05-10
Abstract: The apparatus comprises a pair of brackets 24 adapted to fit on a sloping support member 18, each bracket comprising an engagement member 32 for connecting with a bar 20 such that when the brackets are connected to the supporting members the bar provides a generally horizontal platform. The engagement member may comprise a pin, with the bar having a hole for receiving the pin. The pin may have a head and a stem, with the head having a larger diameter than the stem. The bar may also comprise at least one slot for receiving the pin, so that the position of the bar on the pin can be adjusted. The bar may have an L-shaped cross section and may be formed from steel. A method of assembling a roof including the use of a bar fitted to brackets to provide a horizontal stand is also claimed.
Patent GB-2516973-A (GB)
Title: Aerofoil Blade
Inventor: KNIGHT MARK JOHN
IPC: F01D5/30
Filed: 2013-08-09
Abstract: A turbomachine aerofoil blade has an aerofoil body portion 30 and a dovetail root fixing 32 at the base of the aerofoil body portion which slides, in use, into a correspondingly shaped slot of a rotor of the turbomachine. The dovetail root fixing has a neck portion 34, and a dovetail portion which extends outwardly from the neck portion to provide angled support flanks at either side of the fixing. The support flanks engage with matching angled surfaces of the slot under centrifugal loading of the aerofoil blade to support the aerofoil blade on the rotor. The neck portion is shaped such that a rotational adjustment of the aerofoil blade relative to its angular position when supported under centrifugal loading is needed to provide adequate clearance at the neck portion to allow the dovetail root fixing to slide into the slot.
Patent GB-2512985-A (GB)
Title: Background collection of diagnostic data from field instrumentation devices
Inventor: DICAIRE ANDRE
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2014-02-11
Abstract: A field device tag allows automatic configuration of a process control system 14, in particular an input/ouput device 56, 58, 60 of the system 14, to download and cache device diagnostic data associated with process control field devices 62, 63A-c, 64A-D. The device diagnostic data are downloaded and cached using bandwidth not otherwise required for real-time process control communications. The device diagnostic data may be polled asynchronously and/or according to a low priority, background task. The device diagnostic data include one or more non-static parameter values. The cached parameter values may be used in display routines, control routines, or any routine for which the update frequency is sufficient. Each cached parameter value may also have associated with it a status.
Patent GB-2516330-A (GB)
Title: Contact messages within personalised medical diagnostic images
Inventor: MARCARIAN DAVID
IPC: G16H10/65
Filed: 2014-03-12
Abstract: Medical diagnostic images are sent and received, when received the digital image data is modified by deleting private patient information in the digital image data. Contact information for a medical professional associated with the received medical diagnostic image is then selected and the digital image data is modified by embedding the selected contact information into the modified digital image data for the medical diagnostic image. The modified digital image data and the embedded contact information are sent over a network so the image can be shared by the client with others. Personalized contact messages may also be embedded in non-medical images for sharing with others. Embedded contact messages may be embedded as a watermark, or using layering techniques or substitution techniques. The contact messages may include hyperlinks, coupons, quick response codes, electronic business card or contact information and are visible or accessible to a recipient.
Patent GB-2510735-A (GB)
Title: Demand response system for grid frequency control
Inventor: HUOMO HEIKKI
IPC: H02J3/14
Filed: 2014-04-15
Abstract: A control system 100 and method for control of grid frequency in an electric power grid are described. A grid frequency is monitored by monitoring devices 120 at one or more predefined locations in the grid, and a determination is made whether one or more conditions relating to the monitored frequency have been met (for example, whether the grid frequency is too low). A control period is initiated during which the grid frequency at one or more of the predefined locations is to be controlled based on the determination. One or more variation characteristics relating to a variation, during the control period, in grid frequency are determined. Control instructions, comprising instructions to control power flow to and/or from each of a first plurality of power units 119 so as to control the monitored frequency, are sent. The control instructions are generated on the basis of profile information relating to the power units and the determined one or more variation characteristics. The power units may be power generators 106, appliances in residential premises 113 or industrial premises 114, or small scale power generators such as wind turbines 116 or solar panels 115. A forecast of grid frequency may be made by fitting a polynomial function to the monitored frequency using a least squares method.
Patent GB-2514488-A (GB)
Title: Slouch rear seat
Inventor: TAYLOR ALEX
IPC: B60N2/22
Filed: 2013-03-01
Abstract: A slouch rear seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back pivotally mounted to the seat bottom, and a driver for moving the slouch rear seat between a design position and a fully forward position. Characteristically, the seat bottom moves from the design position to the fully forward position by the seat bottom moving upward and forward in a manner that avoids a vehicle occupant contacting the top of the vehicle cabin.
Patent GB-2527281-A (GB)
Title: Hood arrangement for providing cover to an access port in an enclosure
Inventor: JONES DAVID
IPC: F24F13/08
Filed: 2014-06-05
Abstract: A hood arrangement 2 or cowl is described for providing cover to an access port in an enclosure 12. The enclosure has an access port and a hood 2 for providing cover to the port, where the hood 2 comprises a hood body 4 with first and second openings 8,10Â in fluid communication. The first opening 8 is in communication with an internal cavity of the enclosure 12 and the second opening 10 enables access to the outside of the enclosure 12. The hood 2 further comprises a flange portion 18 secured to an internal surface 14 of the enclosure so that the hood body 4 extends through the access port.
Patent GB-2528035-A (GB)
Title: Storage assembly
Inventor: HUMPHREY ANDREW PAUL
IPC: B60P3/00
Filed: 2014-06-26
Abstract: A storage assembly 10 mountable in a van (12, Figure 6). The assembly 10 having a profile in plan view which tapers towards the rear of the vehicle and may be substantially trapezoidal in plan view with the front and rear ends, in use, being substantially parallel to each other. Optionally the assembly 10 provides a face against which sheets of material may lean and securing means to secure the sheets may be provided. Another face may be such that it can be positioned parallel to an offside of the van. The assembly 10 also includes an elongate holder 58 extending across a lower part thereof to receive elongate items such as piping. Pairs of spaced apart uprights 18, 20 may be provided at the ends of the storage assembly 10 and there my be intermediate pairs of spaced uprights 28 intermediate the ends. An end panel 26 may be provided spanning a pair of uprights 24.
Patent GB-2512774-A (GB)
Title: Forward elastic scattering in borehole acoustics
Inventor: GEERITS THEODORUS W
IPC: G01V1/44
Filed: 2012-12-12
Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium for determining a scattered wave particle velocity for a formation is disclosed. In aspects, the method may include: defining an embedded grid of the formation, and defining a contrast grid of the formation that includes a contrast feature of the formation; calculating a Greens function over the embedded grid; calculating a first scattering vector of the contrast feature for a first offset between the embedded grid and the contrast grid; determining the scattered wave particle velocity for the contrast feature at the first offset using the calculated Greens function and the first scattering vector; calculating a second scattering vector of the contrast feature for a second offset between the embedded grid and the contrast grid; and determining the scattered wave particle velocity for the contrast feature at the second offset is determined using the calculated Greens function and the second scattering vector.
Patent GB-2528940-A (GB)
Title: Subsea drying system
Inventor: FOWKES MICK
IPC: F16L55/175
Filed: 2014-08-06
Abstract: A subsea drying system 10 for drying a chamber 12 underwater comprises: upstream piping 24 for conveying a pressurised drying fluid from a source 18 to the chamber 12; and downstream piping 40 for expelling liquid displaced from the chamber 12 by the drying fluid via an outlet 52 in an open-loop dewatering mode (figure 1). In a closed-loop dehumidifying mode, a recirculation path 54 between the downstream piping 40 and the upstream piping 24 conveys drying fluid exiting the chamber 12 back into the chamber 12 after passing through a dehumidifier 58. A valve system selectively closes and opens the recirculation path 54 to expel displaced liquid when that path is closed and to recirculate drying fluid from the chamber 12 through the dehumidifier 58 to the upstream piping 24 when that path is open. The system is of particular use for drying a hollow fitting prior to injecting grout to form a pipe repair.
Patent GB-2528974-A (GB)
Title: Towing stability
Inventor: GREENWOOD JEREMY
IPC: B60W40/13
Filed: 2014-08-08
Abstract: A system for assessing the towing stability of a trailer 190 and a towing vehicle 100 comprises data processing apparatus such as a first electronic control unit (ECU) 110A. The first ECU 110A is configured to receive data from a second ECU 120A in the vehicle trunk. The data is typically derived from a strain gauge 101SG and corresponds to a measured nose weight of the trailer 190. The first ECU 110A ascertains towing stability by determining if the nose weight of a trailer complies with at least one nose weight condition. The first ECU 110A also comprises means for producing an output indicative of the towing stability of the trailer and towing vehicle. The invention improves on a prior art method which involved manual assessment and may have been subject to operator error.
Patent GB-2515215-A (GB)
Title: Warning system for infectious diseases and method therefor
Inventor: KHAN KAMRAN
IPC: G06Q50/22
Filed: 2013-02-13
Abstract: A computer implemented method for predicting the local area impact of the spread of global infectious diseases including the steps of providing on a computer readable medium a global pathogen risk factors database having data stored therein related to local area vulnerability of a group of human pathogens across a plurality of areas, providing on a computer readable medium a global pathogen activity database having data stored therein related to the activity of the group of human pathogens in said plurality of geographies, providing on a computer readable medium a global transport database having data stored therein related to travel patterns in and/or between the plurality of areas, processing by a computer system data on each of the global pathogen risk factors database, the global pathogen activity database and the global transport database to generate a pathogen vulnerability index, a pathogen activity index and a transportability index, and processing by the computer system each of the pathogen vulnerability index, the pathogen activity index and the transportability index to generate a risk indicator indicative of the local area impact of individual global infectious diseases.
Patent GB-2529728-A (GB)
Title: Shaped or textured medical balloon with strengthening elements
Inventor: AGGERHOLM STEEN
IPC: A61M25/10
Filed: 2014-11-07
Abstract: A medical balloon 30 including: a balloon body member 34 having a first and second ends, a longitudinal dimension, a body length, a balloon wall 60 formed of polymer material, and at least one strip 50 extending between the first and second ends of the body member. The at least one strip 50 is fixed to and disposed in overlying relationship on the balloon wall 60 and is formed of amorphous polymer material; the at least one strip 50 being at least one of textured and shaped. Preferably the balloon body member 34 is formed of nylon-12 and the polymeric strip 50 is formed of nylon-6,6. In one embodiment the amorphous polymer material has embedded therein a heat conductive material which is preferably tungsten and is radiopaque. Also claimed is a method of forming the medical balloon 30 by placing the raw balloon tubing in a mold (100), heating and inflating the tubing in the mold (100), and removing the formed balloon 30 from the mold (100).
Patent GB-2541205-A (GB)
Title: A steam generator
Inventor: MATTHEW DAVID WILD
IPC: A47L11/40
Filed: 2015-08-11
Abstract: A steam generator 10 for a steam cleaner comprises a housing 12 having a fluid inlet 14, a fluid outlet 16, a fluid flow passage (20a, 20b, fig 5) extending therebetween, wherein the housing 10 further includes a further opening 24 and a further passage (26, fig 5) extending therefrom, wherein at least a portion of the further passage (26, fig 5) forms at least a part of the fluid flow passage (20a, 20b, fig 5), and wherein the opening 24 is closable with a blocking member 30. Also disclosed is steam generator for a steam cleaner wherein the fluid inlet 14, the fluid outlet 16 and the fluid flow passage (20a, 20b, fig 5) lie substantially within a first plane (A, fig 4) and a heating element (40, fig 4) which has a first side portion (42, fig 3) and a second side portion (44, fig 3) and a connecting portion (46, fig 2) extending therebetween, wherein the first side portion (42, fig 3) lies substantially within a second plane (B, fig 4) positioned to one side of the first plane (A, fig 4), and has at least a curved portion (47, fig 3), wherein the second side portion (44, fig 3) lies substantially within a third plane (C, fig 3) positioned to an opposite side of the first plane (A, fig 3) to the second plane (44, fig 3), and has at least a curved portion (48, fig 3). The side portions can be U-shaped.
Patent GB-2542589-A (GB)
Title: Assembly of saw handle and saw member
Inventor: KUANG-PIN WANG
IPC: B27B21/00
Filed: 2015-09-24
Abstract: Saw with a handle 1 and blade member 2, the handle comprising grip 12 and guard 13 sections separated by a hole 11. The guard section comprises a pivoted swing arm 15 with at least two bars or pegs 142, 151 corresponding to holes at one end of the blade, which comprise at least one closed 23 and one open 22 hole, such that the blade may be mounted on the arm. The guard section of the handle is hollow such that the arm may pivot into it, thus guiding the blade into a groove 141 and securing it in place. A fixing device, which may be a clasp or bolt arrangement, locks the arm to retain it in place. At least one of the bars can move laterally to engage or disengage the blade. There may be additional bars to accommodate different styles of blade. At least one of the bar and hole pairs may have a varying diameter configuration to provide additional security.
Patent GB-2527724-A (GB)
Title: Cross-flow shaker and method for using the same
Inventor: CADY ERIC
IPC: B07B1/28
Filed: 2014-05-15
Abstract: A system and a method separate fluid and solids of a slurry using a cross-flow shaker (10) as part of a solids removal system. The system has a head pipe (12) to impart head pressure to the slurry. An intake pipe (14) is connected to the head pipe (12) to interface between the head pipe (12) and a cross-flow chamber (18). Separating screens (20A-20D) are set into the cross-flow chamber (18) to allow fluid to separate as the slurry flows tangentially across the surface of the separating screens (20A-20D). The cross-flow chamber (18) is vibrated by vibration motors (30). The flow of slurry through the cross-flow chamber (18) is restricted by an orifice (34) in an end cap (32) creating back pressure. The solids and the remaining fluid exit the cross-flow chamber (18) through the orifice (34) in the end cap (32).
Patent GB-2549448-A (GB)
Title: A magnetically geared apparatus
Inventor: DAVID JAMES POWELL
IPC: H02K49/10
Filed: 2016-01-13
Abstract: A magnetically geared apparatus comprising: a first rotor; and a stator comprising windings and a first plurality of permanent magnets, the first plurality of permanent magnets being located between the windings and the first rotor; the stator comprising a core and un-magnetized magnetisable material between circumferentially juxtaposed permanent magnets of the first plurality of permanent magnets. The material, which may be integral with the stator core, may project from the in a radial direction between the magnets and extend to or beyond the radial inner edge of the magnets. The stator may be axially laminated layers with the magnets comprising laminates which are thicker than the stator laminations. The material may be soft magnetic composite or axial layers. The material may extend between stator laminations and one in two to five laminations may be of the material.
Patent GB-2548091-A (GB)
Title: Content delivery
Inventor: David Anthony Eves
IPC: H04N21/45
Filed: 2016-03-04
Abstract: Delivering a content package by periodically repeating the steps of determining the location of a user 10, accessing a definition of a space 18 relative to the user, determining one or more content output devices 16 located within the defined space, adding the determined content output devices to a register of content output devices, receiving the content package, and outputting the content package via the content output devices defined in the register of content output devices. Preferably identifying that a content output device defined in the register of content output devices is no longer located within the defined space and removing the device from the register. Preferably the definition of space relative to the user comprises accessing a predefined radius of x metres to the user and specifically for the users current orientation. Preferably the location of multiple users is determined. The invention itself relates to providing ambient content to a moving user while they play video games.
Patent GB-2548121-A (GB)
Title: Release mechanism
Inventor: TREVOR PERKS
IPC: E05C17/46
Filed: 2016-03-08
Abstract: A closure retention assembly comprises a release mechanism 120 and a striker 12 both mounted to either a closure panel 5 or fixed body 4, e.g. vehicle cab door or window, and retention arrangement 10 mounted to the other body which may include a conical ramp (40) and retaining balls (26) that may wedge a necked region of the striker proximate a bulbous head portion. The retention arrangement 10 having a release input 46 acting in a direction perpendicular to the closure/body. The release mechanism 120 has a user engagement input portion such as a push button (128) on a first surface and a release output on the second opposing surface. The output from the release mechanism axially displacing the release input 46 of the retention arrangement to subsequently release the striker. The assembly may retain a hinged window in open position and allows release from within a vehicle cab via interior handle 64 and externally via push button (128). The release mechanism may be coaxial with the striker and may include radially offset pins (134) and annular ring (142) for axially displacing the release input 46.
Patent GB-2538414-A (GB)
Title: Catalytic article for treating exhaust gas
Inventor: JANE GAST
IPC: F01N3/20
Filed: 2015-04-15
Abstract: Provided is a catalytic article comprising (a) a flow through honeycomb substrate having an inlet side, an outlet side, an axial length from the inlet side to the outlet side, and a plurality of channels defined by channel walls extending from the inlet side to the outlet side; (b) a first catalytic zone consisting of a first washcoat, (c) a second catalytic zone consisting of the first washcoat and a second washcoat, (d) a third catalytic zone consisting of the second washcoat, (e) a fourth catalytic zone consisting of the second washcoat over a third washcoat, wherein the first washcoat contains a first copper-loaded molecular sieve, the second washcoat contains a second copper-loaded molecular sieve wherein the first and second molecular sieves are different materials, and the third washcoat contains an ammonia oxidation catalyst, and wherein the first, second, third and fourth zones are arranged in series on the substrate, each zone is adjacent to the next zone in the series, the first zone is proximal to the inlet side and the fourth zone is proximal to the outlet side.
Patent GB-2543949-A (GB)
Title: Charge/discharge switch control circuits for batteries
Inventor: GUOXING LI
IPC: H03K17/687
Filed: 2016-10-03
Abstract: A charge/discharge switch control circuit 202 for a battery pack 200 includes a set of driving terminals 212, 216 and detection circuitry coupled to the driving terminals 212, 216. The driving terminals 212, 216 provide driving signals to control a status of a switch circuit QCHG, QDSG to enable charging or discharging of the battery pack 200. The detection circuitry receives voltages at multiple terminals 210, 214, 218 of the switch circuit QCHG, QDSG, and detects a status of an interface PACK+, PACK-of the battery pack 200 according to the status of the switch circuit QCHG, QDSG and a difference between the voltages by comparing the difference to a reference 224 using a comparator 226. In this way the presence of a charger at the pack interface PACK+, PACK- can be detected. By using a capacitor (336, figure 3) the presence of a load at the pack interface PACK+, PACK- can also be detected. The interface PACK+, PACK- can receive power to charge the battery pack 200 and provide power from the battery pack 200 to a load.
Patent GB-2554694-A (GB)
Title: Inverted hinge folding mechanism
Inventor: ERROL CHARLES CAMPBELL
IPC: E05D3/04
Filed: 2016-10-04
Abstract: A hinge mechanism 1 comprises a connection rod (2, 1b) and fitments (3, 1b) which enable the hinge to be attached to a structure. The hinge has two positions, open and closed, and which form an inverted V which supports the load bearing surface 4, 5. The hinge mechanism can also be operated using a mechatronic pneumatic system (6,7 fig 2b) by a rod-less actuator with mechanical linkage or remotely using sensors.